The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:48:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/ /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:45:45 +0000 /?p=4586 Reading Time: 2 minutes Naomi Almog is a senior at ASIJ, known throughout the high school for her musical talent. She has been singing in choirs since elementary school and joined ASIJ as a sophomore in 2021. At school, she is a prominent member of the choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and often performs songs in the courtyard. In...]]> /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/feed/ 0 /features/the-path-ahead-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-3/ /features/the-path-ahead-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-3/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 02:56:47 +0000 /?p=4164 Reading Time: 4 minutes As AI continues to revolutionize aspects of society, education must keep pace. Dr. Hardin recognizes the importance of staying ahead of the curve in these fast-changing times. He believes that the responsibility to equip students with the intellectual arsenal needed to navigate the challenges of the modern era is magnified in a school like ASIJ,...]]> /features/the-path-ahead-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-3/feed/ 0 /features/the-pursuit-of-truth-and-an-educated-mind-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-2/ /features/the-pursuit-of-truth-and-an-educated-mind-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-2/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:10:59 +0000 /?p=4147 Reading Time: 4 minutes Is an educational apocalypse nigh? As technology develops, educators have expressed concern over the AI revolution, penning premature obituaries for everything from the modern English essay to traditional modes of art.  Dr. Hardin disagrees. He believes that AI will invigorate education, bolstering the value of critical and independent thinking instead of diminishing it.  In Part...]]> /features/the-pursuit-of-truth-and-an-educated-mind-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-2/feed/ 0 /features/mr-nguyen-the-psychology-of-race/ /features/mr-nguyen-the-psychology-of-race/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:15:33 +0000 /?p=4139 Reading Time: 2 minutes In a sentence, what is Black History Month? Dignity: it’s really about celebrating a very, dignified response from a group of people to injustice. I’ve been hearing the term “celebrating” a lot. What does it mean to celebrate Black history? To communicate an experience that many people don’t appreciate or are ignorant of. Is there...]]> /features/mr-nguyen-the-psychology-of-race/feed/ 0 /features/ms-krauth-celebrating-black-history-in-japan/ /features/ms-krauth-celebrating-black-history-in-japan/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:12:56 +0000 /?p=4137 Reading Time: 3 minutes In a sentence, what is Black History Month? Obviously, I’m into the historical answer to that: it’s a 1920s movement to give African Americans the history—the real history—they never had.  That is, to celebrate accomplishments and their part in American history. And now with attempts by many people to once again silence those histories and...]]> /features/ms-krauth-celebrating-black-history-in-japan/feed/ 0 /features/mr-milton-black-american-history/ /features/mr-milton-black-american-history/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:07:48 +0000 /?p=4131 Reading Time: 3 minutes In a sentence, what is Black History Month? Its intentions are positive; it’s to correct an incomplete storytelling of a country.  Historiography is about how the more information we have, the better we understand the past. And so that study of historiography has got us to this point. To some degree, you have to recognize...]]> /features/mr-milton-black-american-history/feed/ 0 /features/three-lenses-to-examine-black-history-month/ /features/three-lenses-to-examine-black-history-month/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:01:49 +0000 /?p=4128 Reading Time: < 1 minute Black history is an overwhelmingly complex and voluminous topic of study. Black History Month (i.e. the process of celebrating Black history) is equally nuanced and intricate. What does it mean to celebrate Black history? Why only in February? Black History Month abounds with difficult questions and contentious answers. Take a moment and try to encapsulate...]]> /features/three-lenses-to-examine-black-history-month/feed/ 0 /features/how-will-ai-shape-an-asij-education-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-1/ /features/how-will-ai-shape-an-asij-education-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-1/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:28:20 +0000 /?p=4118 Reading Time: 5 minutes The recent launch of ChatGPT, a predictive text artificial intelligence that can generate stunningly human-like responses to different prompts, has sweeping implications for educational institutions worldwide. Amid fears of cheating, New York City’s Department of Education has recently blocked access to the site. Universities have also been scrambling to upgrade their plagiarism softwares to detect...]]> /features/how-will-ai-shape-an-asij-education-a-conversation-with-dr-hardin-part-1/feed/ 0 /features/navigating-a-completely-new-field/ /features/navigating-a-completely-new-field/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2022 04:30:32 +0000 /?p=3953 Reading Time: 2 minutes This is part of a continuing series of interviews with academics from leading U.S universities.  How should the internet be regulated? How does social media affect our daily lives? How can we protect ourselves and our privacy online? Professor Kenneth Rogerson at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy has been dealing with these questions...]]> /features/navigating-a-completely-new-field/feed/ 0 /features/behind-the-scenes-with-mr-gilmartin/ /features/behind-the-scenes-with-mr-gilmartin/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:33:40 +0000 /?p=3274 Reading Time: 5 minutes When theater comes to mind, people often think of the actors who have belted out an amazing performance or captivated the audience with their words. However, the equally valuable and necessary work of those that manage and point the limelight is less recognized. Mr. Gilmartin has been working at ASIJ for 15 and a half...]]> /features/behind-the-scenes-with-mr-gilmartin/feed/ 0